Tempus Resources kicks off 2021 exploration at Elizabeth Gold Project with diamond drilling

Tempus Resources Ltd (ASX:TMR) (CVE:TMRR) (OTCMKTS:TMRFF) (FRA:4W0) has kickstarted a drilling campaign at its Elizabeth Gold Project in southern British Columbia, Canada.

The program officially began on June 5, when a diamond drill rig started hole EZ-21-01 at the Elizabeth section of the Blackdome-Elizabeth gold asset.

Ultimately, Tempus’ latest exploration campaign aims to continue and extend results from a drilling program conducted late last year, when the company covered more than 2 kilometres of ground and intersected up to 1.5 metres at 186 g/t from 118 metres.

As it continues gold exploration at Elizabeth, the explorer intends to conduct 7,500 metres of down-plunge and along-strike diamond drilling in 2021.

All eyes on SW Vein

Speaking to the 2021 drill program’s commencement, Tempus president & CEO Jason Bahnsen said the project’s South West (SW) vein would continue to be the focus of the company’s exploration efforts.

“The SW vein remains considerably under-explored at depth and along strike and we are very excited to start seeing more high-grade core from this drilling campaign”.

Promisingly, historical drilling indicates the SW vein extends a further 400 metres along strike to the northeast, making it a high-priority target in this year’s campaign.

A diagram that outlines drilling over the Elizabeth Project in 2020 and targets slated for exploration this year.

Tailing the 2020 campaign

Essentially, fresh exploration activity at Elizabeth will follow up on findings from an 11-hole program conducted in November 2020.

In February this year, Tempus unveiled a series of high-grade gold intersections from the SW vein, cementing the target’s prospectivity for further exploration.

Highlights from the 2020 campaign include:

5 metres at 61.3 g/t gold from 116.5 metres, including 1.5 metres at 186 g/t from 118 metres in hole EZ20-06 and;

3.2 metres at 28.1 g/t from 184 metres, including 0.5 metres at 178 g/t in hole EZ20-10

Tempus will continue drilling at Elizabeth over the course of this year.

Story by ProactiveInvestors